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A coke storage area is seen as steam rises from the quench towers at the Clairton Coke Works on Jan. 21, 2020, in Clairton, Pa. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

In a Steel Town Outside Pittsburgh, an Old Fight Over Air Quality Drags On

By Kiley Bense

A cropped still from a video of the Madison County landfill fire posted to Facebook by the New Market Volunteer Fire Department on Aug. 23, 2023.

A Publicly-Owned Landfill in Alabama Caught Fire and Smoldered for 50 Days. Nearby Residents Were Left in the Dark

By Lee Hedgepeth

A tar sands mining operation near Fort McKay, Alberta. Credit: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

Canada’s Tar Sands Are a Much Larger Source of Air Pollution Than Previously Thought, Study Says

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Fishing communities often catch spent cannon shells, missiles and rockets settled in the riverbed as a result of weapons testing in the Potomac River by the Naval Support Facility in Dahlgren, Virginia. Courtesy: Potomac Riverkeeper Network

Advocates Celebrate a Legal Win Against US Navy’s Staggering Pollution in the Potomac River. A Lack of Effective Regulation Could Dampen the Spirit

By Aman Azhar

Coal ash is the primary waste product of burning coal to produce electricity at facilities like this one in Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Environmentalists Rattled by Radioactive Risks of Toxic Coal Ash

By Lee Hedgepeth

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to the media at Saint Anselm College on Friday, Jan. 19 in Goffstown N.H. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

DeSantis Called for ‘Energy Dominance’ During White House Run. His Plan Still is Relevant to Floridians, Who Face Intensifying Climate Impacts 

By Amy Green

Cows graze near a coal-fired power plant on Nov. 22, 2022 in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

A Long-Delayed BLM Resource Management Plan in Southwest Wyoming Pits Conservation Against Resource Extraction

By Jake Bolster

Workers at the Hale County Courthouse in Greensboro, Alabama, have found themselves facing a choice: work in uncomfortable conditions or use personal time to avoid chilly inside temperatures. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Hale Freezes Over

By Lee Hedgepeth

Fishermen sort their catch from a trawl fishery on a fishing boat in the Port of Molfetta on Dec. 1, 2023. Credit: Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A Common Fishing Practice Called Bottom Trawling Releases Significant Amounts of CO2 Into Earth’s Atmosphere

By Georgina Gustin

“Our study suggests that there are concerns in terms of how DEET could affect reproductive health,” Mónica P. Colaiácovo said. “However, this is still a very important line of defense against many of these insect-transmitted diseases.” Credit: VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Does the Insect Repellent DEET Affect Reproductive Systems?

By Victoria St. Martin

The UMTRA Project, a U.S. Department of Energy's remedial operation to remove radioactive uranium tailings from a former mill site is viewed on Oct. 7, 2023 near Moab, Utah. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

First Uranium Mines to Dig in the US in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon

By Wyatt Myskow

Anival Tanguila, a Quichua leader from the Corazón del Oriente Community, stands next to decommissioned Perenco oil infrastructure in the Ecuadorian Amazon on March 22, 2023. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma

Snowfall covers Boulder Creek near Nederland, Colorado. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Colorado Town Appoints Legal Guardians to Implement the Rights of a Creek and a Watershed

By Katie Surma

A liter of bottled water may contain nearly a quarter million pieces of the smallest particles of plastic. Credit: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images

Diet for a Sick Planet: Studies Find More Plastic in Our Food and Bottled Water

By James Bruggers

Plastic additives called bisphenols are found in a dizzying array of products—like canned food linings. Credit: Li Jianguo/Xinhua via Getty Images

More Than 900 Widely Used Chemicals May Increase Breast Cancer Risk

By Liza Gross

An unlined coal ash pond in western Jefferson County, Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

EPA and Alabama Power to Start Settlement Negotiations Over Coal Ash Storage near Mobile

By Lee Hedgepeth

Dr. Vanessa Kerry speaks onstage at the Seed Global Health 10th Anniversary Gala at InterContinental Boston on Oct. 22, 2022. Credit: Scott Eisen/Getty Images

How the Dire Health Implications of Climate Change Are Unfolding Globally

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”

Jeanette Toomer fears that formaldehyde-based relaxers in hair straighteners she used for decades led her to develop endometrial cancer. Credit: Michael Kodas

What’s in That Bottle?

Interview by Ainsely O’Neill and Steve Curwood, “Living on Earth”

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